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J. P. CONNELL.

LABEL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. 1921.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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JOSEPH P. CONNELL, or JERSEY oirY, new JERSEY, A'ssrenoit'ro MANHATTANBRIAIB. PIPE OOMPAIIY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A oonron'e'rlon or NEWYORK.

LABEL. v

Applicatien filed October 4, 1921.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, Josi ri-i P. CoNNnLL, a citlzen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLabels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to labels and more particularly tolabels intendedfor use in connection with smoking pipes; and h as special reference tothe provision of a label suitable for cartonsor boxes in which may bepacked any of a variety of styles or shapes of smoking pipes, the labelbeing adapted for designatingithe characteristics of a particular styleof pipe or pipes contained in given box or cartoir In the sale andhandling of smoking pipes considerable difficulty is experienced by thetrade in properlyidentifying and quickly determining the characteristicsof the pipes as regards their style, make or price. Smoking pipes aremanufactured in a variety of styles, forms or shapes and are packed anddistributed in containers or cartons, each style or shape of pipe havingparts made from differing materials, the bits being made, for example,from such a variety of materials as rubber, horn, celluloid, amber orThe varying factors of style, make and material and the resultingvarying factor of price of the pipe are sources of constant confusion tothe distributing andretailing trade, difliculties bein constantlyexperienced in properly identifying and quickly ascertaining the exacttype or types of pipes packed in a given container and in rapidlyselecting the particular style and make of pipe demanded by a purchaser.It has therefore been found desirable to provide-a form of labeluniversally adapted for or suited to containers in which may be packedany one or more of the numerous styles and makes of pipes, the labelsbearing representations by which the characteristics of the pipes packedin a given carton may be fully ascertainable from a quick inspection ofthe label attached to the container, and a prime desideratum of myinvention relates tothe provision of such a label.

One of the causes or reasons for the cenfusion hitherto existing in thedistributing and retail trade lies in'the fact that numerousdistributors and retailers are unaware of and generally unacquaintedwith the dif- Specification of Letters Patent. PatentediFeb. 14 1922Serial No. 505,312.

ferent styles of pipes marketed and the different technical as well astrade names by which the pipes are known and-sold. Inorder to eliminatethis cause for confusion it has been found desirable and my p esentinvention aims to provide a label in which the various styles or shapesofthe pipes manufactured and marketed may be illustrated on the labelfor ready inspectiomthe particular style or styles of pipes packed in agiven container bein designated and visibly associated with thetechinalname or names of the designated pipes, this leading to a readyidentification ofthe style of the pipe in the container not only, butresulting in instructing and acquainting the trade by constantassociation of style and name ofthe technical names by which-pipes areknown and sold.

Theprincipal objects of my invention may therefore be said toinclude-,besides the provision of a label adapted-or suited forcontainers holding any of different types of' articles such as smokingpipes, the provision of a label in whichthe particular style or shape ofa variety of styles of pipes and thename of the style ofpipes packed ina given container may be quickly ascerta'inable from a rapid inspectionof the label; the further provision of a label in which the price ofthe, article may be designated in a novel manner on the label and in,which otherfacts and characteristics such as the, make of tnexpipe andthe number of pipes contained'in a carton may be readily indicated andthe general provision of a label adapted for a large variety ofarticlessuch as pipes whichshall at once be instructive and helpful tothe trade and neat and attractive in appearance.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects asmany-hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the .elements and;their relation'one to the "other, as hereinafter particularly, describedand soughtto be defined intheclaims, reference being had, to theaccompanying drawings which show a preferred embodiment of my invention,and in which:

Figures 1 and 2 are views of the label v showing two of a variety of.usesto..which L the labelfmay be put. 5 V

As herei'nbefo'rereferred to, smoking pipes are'packaged in bulk incontainer-sand so sold to thetrad'e,.any givenpackage containing'any;one or plurality of a avariety of styles and makes of pipes. As pointedout,

a desideratum of my present invention is to acquaint the trade with thevarious styles orshapes of pipes manufactured and mar- 5 keted and tosupply means for readily in dicating to a dealer the type or style andmake of the pipe packaged in any particular carton or box. To this end Iprovide a label comprising a label body made of the usual sheet materialand I provide a series of pictorial representations 11, preferablyimprinted on the label body 10, the pictorial representations portrayingor illustrating the various styles or shapes of pipes made and marketedby the manufacturer. In the label shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, 12styles of pipes are illustrated, the pictorial representations 11 beingspacedly arranged on the label to make a neat and attractive labeldress. This design of label not only serves to inform the distributorand retailer of all the styles of pipes manufactured, but the labelserves and is suited for packages or containers holding pipes of anyparticular style, the label therefore being of universal utility asapplied to smoking pipes. The label is attached in the usual way to thecarton or box containing the pipes and for the purpose of readilyindicating to the dealer the particular style or styles of smoking pipescontained in any particular carton, the pictorial representation of theparticular styl packed in a carton is marked in any desired manner withdifferentiating indicia. Thus, if the carton is to contain the stylecorresponding to the pictorial. representation 12, such pictorialrepresentation is marked as with a star 13 or other suitable indicia onor within the outline of the pictorial representation 12.

It is further desired, as hereinbefore referred to, to generallyacquaint and instruct the dealers as to the technical. name of the pipesmarketed and of the particular style or styles contained in a givencart-on. To this end I provide the label preferably with a space 14-adjacent one of the corners thereof, in which space is inscribed adescriptive representation of the part cular style or styles containedin the given carton. Thus, if the carton should contain the style orshape of pipe known to the trade as the Poker, the word Poker. will beinscribed or imprinted as at 15 in the said space 14:. For furtherindicating the fact that the pictorial representation 12 and the descriptivc representation 15 correspond, the space 14 may be supplied withindicia such as a star 16 corresponding to the star 13 within theoutline of the pictorial representation 12. In this manner the dealer isat once advised of the name aswell as the style of the pipes in acontainer, enablinghim to handle the article in a more intelligentmanner,in addition to enabling him to accurately and rapidly select astyle of pipe called for by the purchaser.

For th purpose of indicating quantity or the number of pipes that may bepackaged in a carton, I provide a second. space 17 located preferably atanother corner of the label, and on the said space is imprinted the wordQuantity, as shown at 18. Below the term or word Quantity may beinscribed or imprinted the number of pipes held in a carton, the labelin Figure 1 being supplied with the numeral 100 designated as 19 toindicate that that number of pipes is packaged in the particular cartonto which this label is attached.

It is further desired to provide the dealer with a ready means forinforming him of the make of the pipe such, for example, as whether thebit is' ring mounted or flush mounted, or whether it is made out ofrubber, horn, celluloid, amber, bakelite or'other material, and to thisend I provide the label at the remaining corners thereof with one ormore spaces 20 and 21 respectively, the said spaces being intended foran inscription of the trade number and trade name of the particularstyle of pipe packaged in a carton, the said trade name or trade numberbeing a key as to whether the pipe is ring or flush mounted, or whetherit is nade with a rubber bit, horn bit, etc., as well as denotingwhether the pipe is finished natural, Italian or otherwise.

The pipes, due to the variety of styles and makes of manufacture, havedifferent selling prices and to the end of supplying means for quicklydesignating in code the price of the pipes, I provide the labelpreferably with a central space 22 having preferably 'a. circular crosssectional area, the said space having any selected colored background,the selected color designating or denoting the price. Thus, forinstance, a yellow back ground in the space 22 would denote a 25 pipe;blue a 50 pipe; red, :1 $1.00 pipe; green, a $1.25 pipe, etc. In Figure1 of the drawings the central space 22 is designated as blue, the labelshown in Figure 1 being thus adapted for a container holding 5 pipes. Inthe said space 22 may be imprinted or impressed the trade mark of themanufacturing concern, such trade mark being indicated at 23.

The label may be further provided with an advertising space for theinanul'acturing concern and to this end I provide the label with anelongated space 2 1 at the bottom thereof, in which is imprinted thename or style of the'manufacturer as, for example,

tended for attachment to a container in which an assortment of all themakes of pipes are packaged and to this end in the space i l of the saidlabel the Word Assorted as designated at 25 maybe inserted. The otherspaces on the label may be providcd with indicia or legends designatingdiiterent facts and characteristics 01 the pipes packaged in thiscarton, the quantity space 17 designating, for ample that 50 instead of100 pipesare packaged in the container, the price space 22 indicating tothe dealer that the price oi the assorted pipes contained in the cartoncorresponds to the color green,-and therefore amounts to $1.25. Thespaces 20 and 21 may furtherbe suit -ably inscribed in noting theparticular'm'ake and construction of the pipes.

The manner of making and using my novel label will. in the main, beapparent from the above detailed description thereof. It Will be furtherapparent that I have provided a label suited to containers or cartonsholding any of a variety of styles or shapes of pipes, in which thevarious styles or shapes will be portrayed or illustrated on the labelfor the benefit of the dealer, and in which the style as Well as thetechnical name of any particular style or styles of pipes in a givencontainer will be indicated to the dealer and perceivable at a glancefrom inspection of the label. It will be further apparent that the labelprovides a ready means for denoting other facts and characteristics ofthe pipes, such as quantity, make and price, and that all therepresentations on the label are so coordinated as to provide a labelhaving the data neatly and instructively arranged, the Whole presentingan attractive dress for pipe containers.

While I have shown my device in the preferred term, it will be obviousthat many changes and modifications may be made in the structuredisclosed Without departing from the spirit of the invention, definedin' the following claims.

I claim:

1. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of articlescontained in a car ten or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialrepresentations of different styles or shapes of the articles marketedand hav-' ing a designated identifying space adapted for bearing adescriptive representation of the particular style or styles of articlescontained in a given carton.

2. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of smoking pipescontained in a carton or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialre in'escntations of avarietyof styles or shapes ofpipes marketed. andhaving a defined identifying space bearing a descriptive representationdesignating the particular style or styles of pipes contained an a givencarton.

3. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of articlescontained in a carton or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialrepresentations of different styles or shapes of the articles marketedand -hav ing a designated identifying space bearing a descriptiverepresentation of the particular style or styles of articles containedin a given carton, the identifyingspace and a pictorial representationof the style of art-icle in the cartonbeing provided i'vithcorresponding indicia whereby the name and style of the article inthecarton will be per ceiva'ble from aninspection of he label.

4. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of smokingpipescontained in a carton or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialrepresentations of'difi'erent styles or shapes of pipes marketed andmeans on said label body for designating the style or styles of pipescontained in a given carton.

5. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of articlescontained in a carton or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialrepresentations of different styles or shapes of the articles marketedand having a designated identifying space adapted for bearing adescriptive representation of the particular style or styles of articlescontained in a given carton, the label body being further provided Withadditional defined spaces provided for denoting the quantity, tradenumber and trade name of the articles in the said carton.

6. A label adapted for designating the price and style of articlescontained in a carton or boX comprising a label body bearing a spacehaving a selected colored background intended for denoting the price ofthe articles in the box, the label body being provided with pictorialrepresentations of different styles or shapes of the articles asmarketed and being further provided "with a designated identifying spaceprovided for hearing a descriptive representation of the particularstyle or styles of articlescom tained in a given carton.

7. A label adapted for designating the differentiating characteristicsof articles contained in a carton or box comprising a label bodyprovided with a central trade torial representations of difiierentstyles or shapes of the articles marketed, said representations beingarranged about the said central trade mark space and a plurality ofdefined. spaces located in the corners of the label, one of these spacesbeing provided for hearing a descriptive representation 01'. theparticular style or styles or articles contained in a given carton.

8. A label adapted for designating the dilferentiating characteristicsof articles contained in a carton or box comprising a label bodyprovided with a central trade mark space having a selected coloredbackground intended for denoting the price of the articles in the box, aplurality of pietorial representations of different styles or shapes ofthe articles marketed, said representations being arranged about thesaid central trade mark space and a plurality of defined spaces locatedin the corners of the label, one of these spaces being provided forbearinga descriptive representation of the particular style or styles ofarticles contained in a given carton, the other of the spaces beingprovided for bearing legendary matter denoting the quantity trade nameand trade number of the articles in such carton.

9. A label adapted for designating the style or styles of articlescontained in a carton or box comprising a label body bearing pictorialrepresentations of difi'erent styles or shapes of the articles marketedand means on said label body for-designating the name and style 01 thearticle contained in a given carton. V

10. A label adapted for designating the differentiating characteristicsof articles contained in a carton or box comprising a label 1bodyprovided with a central space having

